Deck the Lifetime Uncorked - It's a Wonderful Lifetime Preview: Part 1 (2024) ft. Patrick Serrano

[00:00:01] Hi, I'm Brandon and I love Lifetime Christmas movies. I'm Patrick Serrano and I'm a Lifetime Movie expert. I'm Dan and I despise Lifetime Christmas movies and this is the Deck The Hallmark Podcast. Deck The Hallmark gets this podcast. And friends host this podcast. We hope you like this jolly podcast. It's finally almost here. The Lifetime Christmas movies.

[00:00:42] Another preview episode. I have a question about the theme song. I've always wondered this. Is it Brandon and Friends or Bran Dan and Friends? This is one of the more insulting things you've ever asked. Do you think this show is Brandon and Friends?

[00:01:05] That's what I thought it was when I was a client. And I appreciate that. And I'm the one singing that line. Really? It's Bran, Dan, and Friends. Okay, well, because I was like, Bran Dan. I'm like, why did they leave Dan out? That's yeah, thank you for advocating for me years later. Right. I listen to it every time and that always goes through my mind. I can't be the only one. I can't be the only one. Pop off in the chat. Pop off in the chat. Pop off in the chat.

[00:01:35] Somebody save me. Pop off in the chat. You know, as an artist, I'm never one to try to tell somebody what a song is about or even what the lyrics are. So however you hear it or you take it, that's what it is.

[00:01:47] Lisa in the chat and Summer in the chat are both with you, Patrick. And this is the narcissist we have to deal with, Brandon around here. He comes in, he's like, it's going to be my name and friends.

[00:01:58] That's right. You put up a fight and I said, fine, we'll do Bran Dan.

[00:02:02] But here's the thing is. People mishear it.

[00:02:04] If it was Dan, Bran, and Friends, it would still rhyme the same and no one would get confused. So really, my name should go first.

[00:02:12] It's a Siskel and Ebert situation.

[00:02:15] We couldn't.

[00:02:16] I feel like we should re-record it with my name first. It's been a couple of years.

[00:02:19] That's true. We probably should have.

[00:02:19] What's done is done. What's done is done.

[00:02:22] It's Brandon.

[00:02:23] Yeah.

[00:02:23] Welcome to the Brandon and Friends show. It's great to be here today.

[00:02:26] He says, I'm still going to take it as Brandon and Friends. Fair.

[00:02:30] Fair.

[00:02:31] Today, my friends are Dan and Patrick. They are both here today. Aaron is also here. Aaron, hello. Happy day to you.

[00:02:39] Are you saying I'm not one of your friends?

[00:02:41] I am? No. You are. That's why I brought you.

[00:02:43] My friends today are Dan and Patrick.

[00:02:45] Okay, that you can see.

[00:02:46] Aaron is also here.

[00:02:47] And then Aaron's also here.

[00:02:49] I can see how we got there.

[00:02:50] Okay, thank you.

[00:02:51] My friends today.

[00:02:51] I bought you specifically gold sprinkles to eat.

[00:02:55] Yeah.

[00:02:55] That's true.

[00:02:56] And I just thought we were friends.

[00:02:58] Yum.

[00:03:01] Yes.

[00:03:01] I am joined today by Dan, Patrick on camera, and then also Aaron.

[00:03:07] Aaron, my friend.

[00:03:08] Are you still choosing the Magic Championship over me?

[00:03:12] Yeah, as a human being.

[00:03:13] As a human being.

[00:03:14] No, you were out of the room.

[00:03:16] Okay, we are recanting.

[00:03:18] We're back to being friends.

[00:03:20] It took him as long as I thought it would take him to actually.

[00:03:24] I knew exactly what would happen there.

[00:03:26] You got to sit with it.

[00:03:27] The initial response was exactly what I thought it would be, and then he would sit on it for

[00:03:30] a while because Brandon is very thoughtful.

[00:03:31] He would go, you know what?

[00:03:33] My sports teams are actually just my sports teams.

[00:03:36] That's right.

[00:03:36] And there are people who are real people, and he would come around.

[00:03:39] That's right.

[00:03:39] I knew he would.

[00:03:40] Thanks, guys.

[00:03:41] I knew he would.

[00:03:41] Thanks for believing in me.

[00:03:42] I'm proud to be a Brandon friend.

[00:03:44] Thank you.

[00:03:46] I mean, initially his answer was still like, just sell you down the river for a Magic Championship.

[00:03:51] No, I get that.

[00:03:51] But you got there.

[00:03:52] You know how much Magic stuff I own.

[00:03:55] You understand.

[00:03:56] Well, you don't get it, though.

[00:03:57] You understand.

[00:03:59] Explain to her how the Magic work a little bit more.

[00:04:02] They don't.

[00:04:03] That's the problem.

[00:04:04] They don't work.

[00:04:05] That's the problem.

[00:04:07] Anyway, it's great to be here with my friends today.

[00:04:10] And Aaron.

[00:04:11] And Aaron.

[00:04:12] And we're previewing some Lifetime Christmas movies, Patrick.

[00:04:16] The Crop, it finally got announced.

[00:04:18] There's 12, 11 if you take out ones that aired last year on Roku, because apparently that's happening.

[00:04:25] Maybe less than 11.

[00:04:28] Really?

[00:04:28] We'll get to it.

[00:04:29] Less than 11.

[00:04:29] Man.

[00:04:30] That's tough.

[00:04:31] Should we even do this?

[00:04:32] Should we preview these?

[00:04:34] Or what?

[00:04:34] We'll preview the ones that, we'll tell you about them all, but we'll preview the ones that are actually from this year.

[00:04:42] You want to tell everybody about this sneaky move that you tried to play, but then we actually couldn't do it?

[00:04:47] So, yes.

[00:04:49] You know I'm the king of clips.

[00:04:50] That's what everyone calls me, Patrick.

[00:04:52] The king of clips.

[00:04:53] I went through YouTube last night.

[00:04:56] I was getting all my clips ready.

[00:04:58] I got all the preview clips, trailers, cut them down to like a minute each so we didn't have to listen to the whole movie and the trailer.

[00:05:06] I hate trailers, by the way.

[00:05:08] You hate trailers?

[00:05:10] Yeah, I think they're dumb and you don't need to watch them.

[00:05:13] I'd rather just go in and watch a movie.

[00:05:15] When it comes to TV Christmas movies, I'm with you.

[00:05:18] I don't want to see a trailer for them at all.

[00:05:21] Yeah, but it would help you get the vibe.

[00:05:23] I thought it would help get the vibe for this, and I wouldn't have to read.

[00:05:27] Yeah, that I think is the bigger one, so you didn't want to have to read them.

[00:05:30] But we've all pitched in.

[00:05:31] We're all going to read some.

[00:05:32] We're all going to take turns and read, except for Lea Michele.

[00:05:36] Yeah.

[00:05:37] Okay.

[00:05:37] Who can read.

[00:05:39] Who can read.

[00:05:41] Come on in.

[00:05:44] We invited Lea Michele.

[00:05:47] Yeah.

[00:05:47] She's not here, so do the math.

[00:05:49] Yeah.

[00:05:50] Do you want to read on our podcast?

[00:05:51] She just had a baby.

[00:05:52] Let's leave her some grace.

[00:05:53] Let's leave her some grace.

[00:05:56] Can I ask this, Brian?

[00:05:57] Hi.

[00:05:58] I just want it on the record.

[00:05:59] This is the last preview episode before Christmas.

[00:06:04] It is the last preview show before Christmas.

[00:06:09] Okay.

[00:06:10] Just making sure.

[00:06:10] Unless we do a January preview show on Christmas Eve.

[00:06:13] I think that.

[00:06:15] Maybe.

[00:06:16] We could.

[00:06:16] We could do that.

[00:06:18] And you guys, you know what Vanessa Williams says.

[00:06:21] You say the best for last.

[00:06:23] That's right.

[00:06:23] Of course.

[00:06:24] Yes.

[00:06:25] Everyone.

[00:06:26] It's all been being built up to this moment.

[00:06:29] The lifetime Christmas movie preview episode.

[00:06:32] We're doing it.

[00:06:33] You guys.

[00:06:34] We do not.

[00:06:35] Let me give you some names to get you excited.

[00:06:38] Okay.

[00:06:38] Come on.

[00:06:38] Of course.

[00:06:39] Of course we have Miss Vivica A. Fox.

[00:06:41] Yeah.

[00:06:41] She's there.

[00:06:42] Tia's there.

[00:06:43] We know Tia.

[00:06:44] Yeah.

[00:06:45] We know Tia.

[00:06:45] Tia's Maori Howells.

[00:06:47] Yeah.

[00:06:48] She's just Maori now.

[00:06:50] Just Maori.

[00:06:50] That's right.

[00:06:51] We love it.

[00:06:52] That's a reminder.

[00:06:52] There's also Maria Menudos.

[00:06:54] Maria Menudos.

[00:06:56] We love her.

[00:06:56] She's filling in for Mario Lopez on the Latin train.

[00:07:00] There you go.

[00:07:02] And we got, you know, Marcus Roster.

[00:07:05] We know him.

[00:07:06] Marcus Roster.

[00:07:07] We know Marcus.

[00:07:08] Britt Brista.

[00:07:09] Friend of the show.

[00:07:09] Britt Brista.

[00:07:10] Now, I will just say I am disappointed a bit that there's no Melissa Joan Hart Christmas

[00:07:17] movie this year.

[00:07:18] I feel like in our years of doing this together, I feel like she's never made a good one.

[00:07:25] No.

[00:07:27] So there's me.

[00:07:28] There's my take.

[00:07:29] I mean, I think fair.

[00:07:30] I think that's probably fair.

[00:07:32] The one where she fell in love with a nutcracker.

[00:07:35] That was a good one.

[00:07:36] I didn't see that one.

[00:07:37] The one, the most, the most, I've seen like three or four and they've all been terrible.

[00:07:42] The most memorable one is, well, I would say for me, the most memorable one is the one

[00:07:47] that she did with Mario Lopez where they're rival toy makers and they have to go to the

[00:07:51] sledding competition.

[00:07:52] Oh, yeah.

[00:07:53] The toboggan.

[00:07:53] The toboggan.

[00:07:54] That movie's terrible.

[00:07:55] There's not a more memorable scene than that toboggan.

[00:07:58] Oh, that scene is hilarious.

[00:08:00] Yes.

[00:08:00] For sure.

[00:08:01] It's amazing.

[00:08:02] We know that there's one movie we've already reviewed on this show in this list.

[00:08:08] Are there other movies that are not new this year?

[00:08:11] Right.

[00:08:12] There's a couple acquisitions from Canada.

[00:08:15] Canada.

[00:08:16] They'll be very obvious and apparent as we go through them.

[00:08:20] Yeah.

[00:08:21] So Lifetime's really thrown it in this year.

[00:08:23] I wouldn't be surprised if next year they scrap the whole thing and just say we're done with

[00:08:29] Christmas.

[00:08:30] You know, they're over it.

[00:08:31] Yeah.

[00:08:32] They just couldn't compete.

[00:08:33] I think that they should.

[00:08:34] I mean, I know we've talked about this.

[00:08:36] This is probably rehashing it, but I just think they'd be better off doing Christmas

[00:08:43] themed drama, murder stuff that they do all year.

[00:08:46] Like, I think that that makes more sense.

[00:08:47] Like the wonder the movie we watched.

[00:08:49] Was it Wonderful Knife or something like that?

[00:08:51] It's a Wonderful Knife.

[00:08:52] It was a lot of fun.

[00:08:53] At the end of last holiday season was my favorite of the season because it felt like a Lifetime

[00:08:59] movie that takes place at Christmas.

[00:09:00] I would rather that than just trying to do.

[00:09:03] It's a Wonderful Knife was a blast.

[00:09:03] Did you watch it?

[00:09:04] I watched a movie.

[00:09:05] We did an episode with Alonzo for It's a Wonderful Knife.

[00:09:07] Okay.

[00:09:08] Not that one.

[00:09:09] There was another one that we did.

[00:09:10] It was Lifetime.

[00:09:11] I don't remember.

[00:09:12] It was similar.

[00:09:12] It was like Silent Knife.

[00:09:15] It was something.

[00:09:16] It was a Lifetime.

[00:09:17] There's plenty out there.

[00:09:18] Yeah.

[00:09:18] Whatever it was.

[00:09:19] Rudolph the Red Nosed Knife.

[00:09:21] Yes.

[00:09:21] The Red Knife.

[00:09:22] Red Knife.

[00:09:23] Right here.

[00:09:23] Yeah.

[00:09:24] That actually works.

[00:09:26] That's interesting.

[00:09:27] Yeah.

[00:09:27] Write that down.

[00:09:28] Write that down.

[00:09:29] Yeah.

[00:09:30] But anyway.

[00:09:31] Should we?

[00:09:32] I'm just, what I'm trying to ask is how many

[00:09:34] creams?

[00:09:35] Oh.

[00:09:36] We're at 11 movies, including the acquisitions.

[00:09:38] You guys, we don't do creams.

[00:09:40] This is Lifetime.

[00:09:41] That's true.

[00:09:42] We just pour it up or put a cork in it.

[00:09:44] That's all we do?

[00:09:44] That's right.

[00:09:45] That's right.

[00:09:45] Oh, this is easy.

[00:09:46] We'll be done before you know it.

[00:09:48] Yeah.

[00:09:49] Yeah.

[00:09:50] Simple.

[00:09:51] You're either into it or you're not into it.

[00:09:53] Great.

[00:09:53] I know the-

[00:09:54] Creams need not apply.

[00:09:55] I know the common understanding is that this is my show, but since it's Lifetime,

[00:09:59] I'm going to let you take it away and read the first one,

[00:10:03] The Christmas at Plum Hill Manor.

[00:10:06] Yes.

[00:10:07] Okay.

[00:10:07] So our first movie is coming November 16th, way late in the season.

[00:10:11] Way late.

[00:10:11] It's Thanksgiving.

[00:10:13] Yeah.

[00:10:13] Right?

[00:10:14] We're like, we've seen like 40 movies by now.

[00:10:16] Christmas at Plum Hill Manor.

[00:10:19] I kept saying Cremberley Manor for some reason.

[00:10:22] That's right.

[00:10:22] And it stars Maria Menudos and Kyle Pryor.

[00:10:28] Margaret Stone is beautiful.

[00:10:31] Is beautiful.

[00:10:33] Margaret Stone is beautiful.

[00:10:35] End sentence.

[00:10:37] Period.

[00:10:38] Full stop.

[00:10:41] Yes.

[00:10:41] A rising architect in New York.

[00:10:43] She discovers a magical secret in an English countryside banner she unexpectedly inherits.

[00:10:52] Experiencing Christmas across the pond may make Margo a fish out of water,

[00:10:58] but an unforeseen romance and sense of belonging give her a breathtaking new blueprint for love.

[00:11:06] I love it.

[00:11:07] Can I ask you a quick question?

[00:11:09] So she discovers a magical Christmas secret in an English countryside manor.

[00:11:14] That she unexpectedly inherits.

[00:11:16] That's right.

[00:11:16] Is the manor the secret?

[00:11:19] Like she didn't know about it and then she gives it and that's the secret?

[00:11:22] I think that she unexpectedly inherits the manor and there's a secret in it.

[00:11:27] Okay.

[00:11:27] That's my guess.

[00:11:28] That's what the trailer showed me.

[00:11:30] Okay.

[00:11:31] After some really bad English accents, there's a little chest and she opens it and she says,

[00:11:37] this must be the secret.

[00:11:40] She doesn't do an accent.

[00:11:41] Man, that is a great Maria Menudos impression.

[00:11:45] Maria does an accent?

[00:11:47] But Maria does try to talk like a British person like me.

[00:11:51] She does it very badly.

[00:11:52] Yeah.

[00:11:52] It's a joke.

[00:11:53] It's a joke.

[00:11:54] She's very funny.

[00:11:55] It's a joke.

[00:11:55] You know, she's not, she's not just in your, in your gas station kiosk.

[00:12:00] She's also a comedian.

[00:12:02] She's all things to all people.

[00:12:04] Do we know Kyle Pryor?

[00:12:05] Does he have any prior lifetime films that we need to know about?

[00:12:09] Do you have any Pryors?

[00:12:10] He is Richard Pryor's great grandson, up and coming Nepo baby.

[00:12:17] We love him.

[00:12:18] That's true.

[00:12:20] That's true.

[00:12:21] Wow.

[00:12:21] We love him.

[00:12:22] We love a Nepo baby.

[00:12:25] Yep.

[00:12:25] Yep.

[00:12:26] And this guy did a movie with, Brian Herzinger is the director.

[00:12:33] He did a movie with Maria Menudos two years ago.

[00:12:35] That was kind of cute.

[00:12:37] Okay.

[00:12:37] Putting that up.

[00:12:38] Okay.

[00:12:38] All right.

[00:12:40] So all we're doing is we just got to pour it up and put a cork in it.

[00:12:42] That's all we got to do and explain why.

[00:12:44] I love it.

[00:12:44] Yeah.

[00:12:45] I mean, I want to go first.

[00:12:46] I'm going to put a cork in it.

[00:12:49] Imagine like unknowingly inheriting a manner.

[00:12:52] I'm usually out.

[00:12:54] So there's that.

[00:12:55] Maria Menudos is the pre-show entertainment at the movie theaters.

[00:12:59] That's all for regal cinemas.

[00:13:01] At least.

[00:13:02] I can't get in my head that she's going to be acting in a movie and not going, just looking

[00:13:07] at the screen and addressing the crowd.

[00:13:09] None of this sounds like my deal.

[00:13:12] Put a cork right on in that bad boy.

[00:13:14] I'm intrigued by it for the reason why you said, I don't, I've never seen her act before.

[00:13:20] I've seen her host.

[00:13:22] I've seen her tell us about other people that act, but I've never seen her act.

[00:13:26] And so I'm intrigued by it.

[00:13:30] It sounds like nothing remarkable, but I'm okay with that as long as it is interesting enough

[00:13:39] and that the couple works.

[00:13:40] And so we'll see.

[00:13:41] Hey, it's all going to lie on the shoulders of Menounos and Pryor.

[00:13:45] So I'm live.

[00:13:45] Great law firm.

[00:13:46] Great.

[00:13:47] Menounos, Menounos, and Pryor.

[00:13:48] They do it live.

[00:13:49] It's an amazing thing.

[00:13:50] A lot of people don't know this.

[00:13:51] You know how you can go to see, and you can see podcasts live and all that stuff.

[00:13:54] Yeah, you can see lawyers.

[00:13:55] Law firms have started to go on stage and just kind of talk through different.

[00:13:58] It's a lot of personal information.

[00:14:00] They redact it.

[00:14:00] It's redacted?

[00:14:01] Yes.

[00:14:01] So they're just reading stuff with a lot of stuff they don't read.

[00:14:04] They change their names.

[00:14:05] Oh, it's not redacted.

[00:14:06] It's just a name change.

[00:14:07] It's a name change.

[00:14:08] Wow.

[00:14:09] It was really cool.

[00:14:11] A lot.

[00:14:12] I'm going to pour it up.

[00:14:14] I think that this could be either a disaster or really good, and I'm okay either way, personally.

[00:14:21] There you go.

[00:14:22] And since I saw the trailer, I have an unfair advantage of I'm going to pour it up because

[00:14:26] I think Maria Menounos is cute, and I like the trope of inheriting a house abroad,

[00:14:34] going, finding yourself.

[00:14:35] That's a great little ditty.

[00:14:38] A great little ditty.

[00:14:40] Little ditty.

[00:14:40] I'm out finding yourself.

[00:14:42] Aaron, you want to give your thoughts?

[00:14:43] You're going to be doing some reading, and you are a friend.

[00:14:45] Do you want to pour it up or put a cork in it?

[00:14:49] Yeah, I think I'm going to put a cork in it.

[00:14:51] Fair.

[00:14:53] Okay.

[00:14:54] Wow.

[00:14:54] That was harsh.

[00:14:55] That was harsh.

[00:14:56] Yeah.

[00:14:56] I don't know.

[00:14:57] I think I just see a lot of Maria at the gas station in the movie theater.

[00:15:00] Yeah.

[00:15:01] Yeah.

[00:15:01] I feel good about that.

[00:15:02] It's tough.

[00:15:03] When you know someone from a gas station, it's hard.

[00:15:07] It's hard to make the jump.

[00:15:09] Yeah.

[00:15:09] It's hard to make the jump.

[00:15:10] We know her from the theater.

[00:15:11] That's right.

[00:15:12] Yes.

[00:15:12] The theater.

[00:15:13] If you know her primarily from the gas station.

[00:15:15] Yeah.

[00:15:15] I didn't mind her when I just saw her at the theater.

[00:15:19] Yes.

[00:15:20] I would get gas.

[00:15:21] It's just a lot of Maria in my life.

[00:15:23] It's tough when, you know, how do you solve a problem like Maria?

[00:15:26] You don't watch her Lifetime movie.

[00:15:27] That's right.

[00:15:28] And that's why Dan and I are playing.

[00:15:29] That's right.

[00:15:30] We, Patrick, you and I are, though, because we're going to be reviewing that movie.

[00:15:33] It's going to be the first movie that we review this season.

[00:15:36] Yeah.

[00:15:37] Why wouldn't we cover that?

[00:15:39] That's right.

[00:15:39] Okay.

[00:15:40] Gas station.

[00:15:42] We will watch it at a gas station.

[00:15:44] Yes.

[00:15:44] We'll put it on the little screen.

[00:15:46] Popcorn it to somebody.

[00:15:47] Pick somebody to read this one.

[00:15:50] I'm going to send it to Brand to read.

[00:15:53] Okay.

[00:15:53] All right.

[00:15:54] Happy, happy, or holiday and happy hollow.

[00:15:56] That's a lot of H's.

[00:15:57] Holidays and happy hollow.

[00:15:59] Happy, happy, happy hollow.

[00:16:00] Got it.

[00:16:00] Why'd they do that?

[00:16:01] Happy holidays.

[00:16:02] Sunday, November 17th.

[00:16:04] It is starring Tamara Almeida.

[00:16:09] Almeida.

[00:16:09] Almeida later.

[00:16:11] Almeida number two, large size.

[00:16:15] And Cody Ray Thompson, a fellow so great.

[00:16:19] They named it three times.

[00:16:20] Um, real estate developer, Gracie, uh, her ambitious new project faces an unexpected

[00:16:27] roadblock.

[00:16:28] She stumbles upon a quirky detail from the past.

[00:16:32] Okay.

[00:16:33] She's like, I fit.

[00:16:34] Listen, I found out something from the past.

[00:16:36] It is so quirky.

[00:16:37] How would I describe it?

[00:16:38] Quirky.

[00:16:39] It's a quirky detail.

[00:16:40] Yeah.

[00:16:41] Um, the charming Christmas tree farm she had purchased once.

[00:16:49] She had purchased space once.

[00:16:53] Once.

[00:16:54] Once raffled off.

[00:16:55] Okay.

[00:16:56] Okay.

[00:16:57] So the Christmas tree farm.

[00:16:58] She didn't purchase it once.

[00:16:59] The Christmas tree farm.

[00:17:01] I can't believe you did that for him, Erin.

[00:17:02] The Christmas tree farm.

[00:17:03] She was going to get there.

[00:17:04] I'm just trying to help us along.

[00:17:05] Oh, we've got.

[00:17:06] Oh, we're never going to get out of here.

[00:17:07] Yeah.

[00:17:08] That she purchased once raffled.

[00:17:09] I'd like to go home and sit in silence.

[00:17:11] Uh, once raffled off tiny one foot deeds to local families.

[00:17:17] It's a bad sentence.

[00:17:18] It's a bad sentence.

[00:17:19] It's quirky.

[00:17:19] I'll say that much.

[00:17:20] But she had, she purchased a tree farm.

[00:17:23] A farm.

[00:17:23] Yes.

[00:17:24] Because of a quirky detail.

[00:17:25] It's a quirky detail.

[00:17:26] And the quirky detail might be that she raffled off.

[00:17:28] Yes.

[00:17:28] They raffle off one foot plots of that land.

[00:17:32] Once.

[00:17:33] Once.

[00:17:33] One by one.

[00:17:34] Yes.

[00:17:35] Each deed holds a sentimental piece of the land.

[00:17:41] To salvage her vision.

[00:17:43] Is she going blind?

[00:17:44] She's going blind.

[00:17:45] What is happening?

[00:17:46] She must team up with local historian Jack, embarking on a heartfelt quest.

[00:17:52] He's a local historian.

[00:17:53] To track down.

[00:17:53] Call your local historian.

[00:17:55] Yes.

[00:17:56] To track down these heartfelt families.

[00:17:58] I'm sorry.

[00:17:59] To track down these families and persuade them to part with their cherished

[00:18:04] slices of the farm.

[00:18:05] Oh my God.

[00:18:06] If anybody pours this up, we're going to have to have a talk.

[00:18:11] This sounds terrible.

[00:18:13] It sounds awful.

[00:18:16] There's a quirky detail.

[00:18:18] She buys a farm.

[00:18:19] She raffles off one foot plots of the land.

[00:18:22] And then for some reason, she needs to call her local friendly neighborhood historian to

[00:18:27] help her get the land back.

[00:18:30] I would rather die.

[00:18:32] I don't want any part of this movie.

[00:18:35] Can I ask a clarifying question about this movie?

[00:18:38] I guess, but I don't know.

[00:18:39] Maybe for us to ponder through together as friends.

[00:18:43] Yeah.

[00:18:44] So she doesn't know who bought the land?

[00:18:49] Is that why she tracks you as a historian?

[00:18:51] The charming Christmas tree farm she has purchased.

[00:18:54] Yes, but she's asking about the...

[00:18:56] She doesn't know who purchased the one...

[00:18:58] No, she bought the land and then when she bought it, she finds out that...

[00:19:02] That's the quirky...

[00:19:03] The detail is they had already sold this land off a foot at a time.

[00:19:08] My issue is if she needs a historian to track these people down, then they're not fighting

[00:19:12] her on her owning the tree farm, so why are we doing this?

[00:19:16] It could have been an email.

[00:19:17] This movie could have been an email.

[00:19:18] It should be an email, and this should be the last we ever talk about.

[00:19:21] I'm just going to go first on this one.

[00:19:23] There is a cork in there as well.

[00:19:24] Yes, great.

[00:19:25] Get out of town.

[00:19:25] Put a cork in it.

[00:19:26] I am pouring up, if you guys cover this one, Bran describing it to you.

[00:19:31] We're not...

[00:19:31] But now I'm kind of...

[00:19:33] You don't want to cover it.

[00:19:34] No, no.

[00:19:34] Don't be intrigued by a bad synopsis, Bran.

[00:19:37] I think, Patrick, is the quirky detail that raffled up?

[00:19:44] Yeah, that they raffled off part of the land.

[00:19:46] It's just that they say that before they tell us about the land.

[00:19:49] The way that the sentence is written is real bad.

[00:19:52] Okay.

[00:19:52] Yeah.

[00:19:54] Yeah.

[00:19:54] So we're all putting a cork in this, right?

[00:19:56] Right, yeah.

[00:19:57] Don't...

[00:19:58] Okay, let's move on.

[00:19:59] Let's move on.

[00:20:00] Yes, we will.

[00:20:00] This is a quad-core situation.

[00:20:01] This is the movie we really want to talk about.

[00:20:03] Yes.

[00:20:04] Aaron, can you read the next synopsis?

[00:20:07] Yeah, is that Christmas in the Spotlight?

[00:20:09] It is.

[00:20:09] Okay.

[00:20:09] Christmas in the Spotlight.

[00:20:11] All right.

[00:20:11] We're having a real good time.

[00:20:12] Yeah, we're having a real good time with this one.

[00:20:14] Yes.

[00:20:14] We have Christmas in the Spotlight, Saturday, November 23rd at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

[00:20:21] It stars Jessica Lorde.

[00:20:24] Lath Walsh Lager?

[00:20:26] What's that?

[00:20:27] Lath Walsh Lager is how I would say it.

[00:20:28] Okay, great.

[00:20:30] Jenny Mai and Hayley Khalil.

[00:20:32] Mm-hmm.

[00:20:33] I like that.

[00:20:34] All right.

[00:20:35] It follows Bowen, who is a girl.

[00:20:41] Yes.

[00:20:42] Okay.

[00:20:43] Bowen, who is Jessica, a popular musician and celebrity who, despite always singing about

[00:20:48] love and relationships, hasn't found Mr. Right yet.

[00:20:52] Her fame and busy recording schedule make it nearly impossible to date, but when she meets

[00:20:57] Drew, a pro football player, backstage at her show with his niece, there's an undeniable

[00:21:03] spark between the two of them.

[00:21:05] When Drew publicly declares he has a crush on Bowen, they decide to give dating a shot,

[00:21:11] much to the excitement of her manager, Mira.

[00:21:14] With each passing day they spend together, their feelings grow stronger, but can it last

[00:21:19] in the limelight, especially when they both have such hectic schedules.

[00:21:23] With people questioning if their feelings for each other are real or just for show, the

[00:21:27] pressure mounts from the press, paparazzi, their fans, and even their family, including

[00:21:33] Drew's sister-in-law, Nicole.

[00:21:35] The pair has until the end of the holiday season to decide if they like to stay together

[00:21:40] or let it go down in flames.

[00:21:43] And I would like to point out let it go down in flames is a Taylor Swift lyric.

[00:21:46] Oh.

[00:21:46] Cool.

[00:21:46] But who put the timeline on their relationship?

[00:21:50] What you don't know.

[00:21:51] They must decide by Christmas Eve.

[00:21:53] What you don't know is that is actually detail in real life.

[00:21:55] Taylor and Travis have until January 1st.

[00:21:59] That's crazy.

[00:22:00] Our hands are tied.

[00:22:01] They have to break up.

[00:22:02] Wow.

[00:22:03] Now, I did do a little research on this one when I found out that it was happening.

[00:22:08] Lifetime has not confirmed that this is a...

[00:22:11] Yeah.

[00:22:12] In other words, they haven't paid for the rights to this story.

[00:22:15] But it's clear that this is a Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey.

[00:22:19] That's what the press is reporting it as.

[00:22:22] Yeah.

[00:22:22] Absolutely.

[00:22:23] And it's being pitted against the holiday touchdown, the Chiefs love story movie.

[00:22:30] Yeah.

[00:22:30] They're wise enough to not put it on the same night.

[00:22:33] I'll say that.

[00:22:34] Right.

[00:22:34] That's good.

[00:22:35] That's good.

[00:22:36] But I feel like Taylor Swift fans are kind of more excited for the lifetime one.

[00:22:42] Am I wrong?

[00:22:42] Well, what I know about this is that nothing shows you the difference between these two networks.

[00:22:48] Then Hallmark working with the Chiefs and then writing a love story that's about a fan that's not about anyone playing real football.

[00:22:57] And then they bring all of their A-listers.

[00:23:00] They bring Tyler Hines.

[00:23:02] They bring Julie Sherman Wolf.

[00:23:03] They bring Hunter King.

[00:23:04] And then Lifetime going, we don't need permission.

[00:23:07] Let's just make the whole movie the exact carbon copy of the story without using any specifics.

[00:23:14] And a classic rip from the headlines, but not a crime.

[00:23:18] A Lifetime movie.

[00:23:20] And that makes me chuckle.

[00:23:22] I'm pouring this up because I know somewhere out there someone's going to get mad for no reason about this movie.

[00:23:29] And that makes me irrationally happy.

[00:23:32] And so I'm going to pour this one up, not because I think it's going to be good, but because I think somehow it's going to make somebody mad that has no business being mad.

[00:23:40] And that makes me laugh.

[00:23:41] That's what I got.

[00:23:42] But great.

[00:23:44] Yeah.

[00:23:44] Yeah.

[00:23:45] I'm pouring this one up.

[00:23:46] We are going to be covering this one on the show.

[00:23:49] And I think that there's so much about this that could go really wrong.

[00:23:53] I'm excited.

[00:23:53] I'm excited to see what they do for the music, like how close they get to a Taylor Swift song without actually having to use a Taylor Swift song and stuff like that.

[00:24:04] And I did see the trailer for this movie floating around, which I normally don't see for a Lifetime movie.

[00:24:12] To Patrick's point, there is buzz about this movie.

[00:24:16] And it looked like a soap opera.

[00:24:18] It looked, I don't know for sure, but I don't know if Lifetime made this movie in-house.

[00:24:24] This seemed like a movie that someone made and Lifetime was like, yes, let's get this.

[00:24:29] Let's do it.

[00:24:29] And it just, it doesn't fit the style, the visual style that I'm used to with Lifetime, much less Hallmark.

[00:24:37] It's very, very soapy and very like dark.

[00:24:40] And I don't know.

[00:24:40] It looked very interesting visually.

[00:24:43] So I'm excited about this movie.

[00:24:45] It sounds ridiculous.

[00:24:46] And I'm all about ridiculous.

[00:24:48] So I'm pouring it up.

[00:24:50] Patrick, what do you think?

[00:24:51] Great.

[00:24:52] Yeah, I think that, you know, the Taylor Swift of it all is very interesting.

[00:24:58] And I'm surprised Lifetime pulled this out of nowhere.

[00:25:02] And they both, like both Hallmark and Lifetime decided that this was a Christmas story.

[00:25:07] You know what I mean?

[00:25:08] It's just so random.

[00:25:10] But okay, I guess that's great.

[00:25:13] So I'm going to pour it up.

[00:25:15] There's a moment in the trailer where the football guy is like all like shirtless and hunky.

[00:25:20] And she's like, oh, your football body is so hot.

[00:25:24] And I was like, yes.

[00:25:25] Okay, great.

[00:25:26] We have a little horny in there.

[00:25:28] So pour it up for that.

[00:25:29] Also, apparently Mama Kelsey's in this one, too.

[00:25:31] She's really crazy.

[00:25:33] She's making the rounds.

[00:25:33] She's not actually.

[00:25:34] No, she's not.

[00:25:35] Erin, did you know about that?

[00:25:37] You've seen the headline for this movie, right?

[00:25:38] Yeah.

[00:25:39] I'm pouring this one up.

[00:25:40] Yeah.

[00:25:40] For a similar reason to you, Bran, I'm kind of excited because I don't think they can

[00:25:46] actually play Taylor music.

[00:25:48] No way.

[00:25:48] Or explicitly reference her.

[00:25:50] So great.

[00:25:51] I'm looking forward to there being some Easter eggs, some things that I can be like, oh,

[00:25:56] that was a Taylor Swift reference.

[00:25:57] So I'm just excited that there will be something in this movie for me to pay attention to besides

[00:26:02] what I'm assuming will be top 10 acting.

[00:26:05] Oh, yeah.

[00:26:06] But yeah, so I'm excited for this one.

[00:26:07] Do you think at some point she says, look what you made me do?

[00:26:11] Yes.

[00:26:11] Do you think at some point she says, this is a love story, baby?

[00:26:15] Just say yes.

[00:26:16] Just say yes.

[00:26:16] I wonder what they can get away with.

[00:26:18] I don't know.

[00:26:18] I wonder what the line is because they're going to find the line.

[00:26:20] Yeah.

[00:26:21] That's the only reason I'm excited.

[00:26:22] My biggest concern is Lifetime being like, this is not, this is, like they haven't really

[00:26:27] said, because they can't.

[00:26:29] Yes.

[00:26:29] But maybe that means that they also have to be even more conservative in the way in which

[00:26:35] they connect the story.

[00:26:36] If there's not a single Taylor Swift Easter egg in this movie, I will burn it down.

[00:26:40] It's having one in the synopsis, I feel like.

[00:26:43] Yeah.

[00:26:43] Which, good eagle eye.

[00:26:46] Good eagle eye.

[00:26:47] Hey, let's take a quick break.

[00:26:48] We'll come back.

[00:26:49] We'll get to some more of these.

[00:26:49] How about that?

[00:26:50] Does that sound good to everybody?

[00:26:51] That's a great playing brand.

[00:26:52] We'll be right back here.

[00:26:53] Deck the Hallmark.

[00:26:54] Deck the Hallmark.

[00:26:57] Deck the Hallmark.

[00:27:03] Welcome back, everybody.

[00:27:04] It is the Lifetime Christmas preview show.

[00:27:08] We're through a few movies.

[00:27:09] We've got some more to go.

[00:27:10] Do I get to read now?

[00:27:11] Is it my turn?

[00:27:12] I guess so.

[00:27:12] What's next, Patrick?

[00:27:14] It's your turn.

[00:27:15] Yes.

[00:27:15] Up next is Sincerely, Truly Christmas.

[00:27:19] Sincerely, Truly Christmas.

[00:27:21] I choose to believe that it's truly Christmas as a person.

[00:27:24] Truly, truly Christmas.

[00:27:25] Sincerely, Truly Christmas.

[00:27:27] It airs Sunday, November 24th at 8 p.m. on Lifetime.

[00:27:32] Is that Pacific time?

[00:27:33] It's Eastern Standard.

[00:27:35] They don't say that here.

[00:27:36] The 7th Central.

[00:27:37] 7th Central didn't give that away.

[00:27:39] It's Paula Brancotti, Howard Hoover, and Jake Epstein.

[00:27:43] Our boy, Jake Epstein.

[00:27:45] They got the Hoover.

[00:27:46] The Hoof.

[00:27:47] When event planner Christina is fired just before Christmas,

[00:27:52] she makes a wish that magically comes true,

[00:27:54] armed with the ability to hear what people want for Christmas.

[00:27:58] Christina learns that bringing reclusive, one-hit wonder Dan Copen

[00:28:03] out of retirement could help her get her job back.

[00:28:07] But to get to Dan, she'll need to go through handsome realtor Robert,

[00:28:12] who needs help finding the perfect Christmas gift for his son.

[00:28:17] What the frick happened?

[00:28:19] Why?

[00:28:20] That's not, none of those events are connected.

[00:28:23] This is wild.

[00:28:26] Just so she.

[00:28:28] She's an event planner.

[00:28:29] Makes a wish.

[00:28:30] More on that later.

[00:28:31] To hear what people want for Christmas.

[00:28:33] She's fired just before Christmas and makes a wish that magically comes true,

[00:28:37] and now she can hear what people want for Christmas.

[00:28:39] Somehow that's related to her learning that bringing back a reclusive one-hit wonder.

[00:28:46] Dan Copen, you know.

[00:28:47] Somebody must want that for Christmas, and so she hears that wish.

[00:28:49] Maybe from her boss that fired her.

[00:28:51] That could get her job back.

[00:28:53] So, yes.

[00:28:53] But then how's the handsome realtor Robert?

[00:28:55] But to get to Dan, she'll need to go through handsome realtor Robert.

[00:28:58] Why?

[00:28:59] He's a realtor.

[00:29:00] Why do you have to go?

[00:29:01] Because he's handsome.

[00:29:02] Okay.

[00:29:03] He's handsome.

[00:29:03] Well, this, guys, is an example where the trailer would have been really helpful

[00:29:08] because the trailer lays it out a lot better than the.

[00:29:11] Okay.

[00:29:12] So give it to us.

[00:29:13] Give it to us straight here.

[00:29:15] So she walks in.

[00:29:16] She's coming from work, and she's walking into a meeting with her boss,

[00:29:20] and her boss is like, she's like,

[00:29:22] I heard you booked Britney Spears for the Christmas advertising.

[00:29:27] We don't want to use Britney Spears.

[00:29:29] She's so dumb.

[00:29:30] And the boss is like, Britney Spears is on the line right now.

[00:29:34] She heard everything.

[00:29:34] Oh, it's a whale guy situation.

[00:29:36] You know?

[00:29:37] One of those.

[00:29:38] So she gets fired, and then she's like, well, I really wanted to do this,

[00:29:41] this, you know, one-hit wonder guy.

[00:29:44] He would have been great for the ad.

[00:29:46] So maybe she's not an event planner.

[00:29:47] And then she wishes that, you know, she could hear what people really want

[00:29:53] because she just doesn't know.

[00:29:54] And then people start to just walk up to her and be like,

[00:29:58] I want a Christmas stocking.

[00:29:59] I want, you know, scissors.

[00:30:03] Whatever you might want.

[00:30:05] Dude, how many years did you want scissors for Christmas?

[00:30:07] She walked right up to me.

[00:30:07] I had no choice.

[00:30:08] I had to tell her.

[00:30:10] Yeah.

[00:30:10] So we don't really get the magic part.

[00:30:13] I guess the leap that I could never make was she loses her job,

[00:30:17] and she goes home, and she's like, man, I don't have a job anymore.

[00:30:21] I wish I could hear what people want for Christmas.

[00:30:25] Why?

[00:30:26] Why did she wish that after losing her job?

[00:30:31] Like, of all the things to wish.

[00:30:33] I don't know.

[00:30:34] One more thing to sway you one way or the other.

[00:30:39] Paula and Jake Epstein were both on Degrassi, not on the same season.

[00:30:45] Degrassi.

[00:30:46] They were both on that show.

[00:30:47] So if you're Canadian, you might be into this.

[00:30:50] Or you're Alonzo Duraldi.

[00:30:51] Yes.

[00:30:52] Yeah.

[00:30:53] Yeah.

[00:30:53] So it's a Degrassi reunion of sorts.

[00:30:56] Okay.

[00:30:57] Correct.

[00:30:57] Correct.

[00:30:58] I'm torn on this.

[00:30:59] I like the Magical Wish stuff.

[00:31:01] I like Jake Epstein.

[00:31:03] I don't like everything else about it.

[00:31:06] Because of how these movies typically go, I'm going to put a cork in it.

[00:31:14] I'll put a cork in this one just because the lack of the through line,

[00:31:19] it makes it to where I'm left with more questions.

[00:31:22] And I also know that we're not doing this one.

[00:31:24] So I don't really have to worry about it.

[00:31:26] So I'm going to put a cork in it.

[00:31:29] Okay.

[00:31:30] Great.

[00:31:31] I'm also putting a cork in it because that description was really confusing.

[00:31:37] And the one hit wonder portion of it, think of that Bill Nye from Love Actually.

[00:31:44] They kind of do that type of thing.

[00:31:47] So it's already like, you know.

[00:31:49] I like that.

[00:31:50] I mean, I like the Bill Nye storyline in Love Actually.

[00:31:52] It's the best storyline in Love Actually.

[00:31:54] Right.

[00:31:55] But Bill Nye is not there.

[00:31:56] Yeah.

[00:31:57] Bill Nye not being there is a big deal.

[00:31:58] Yeah.

[00:31:59] You know?

[00:31:59] So I'm like, okay.

[00:32:01] Well, okay.

[00:32:02] Great.

[00:32:03] So moving on.

[00:32:04] Oh, hold on.

[00:32:05] Aaron.

[00:32:05] Aaron.

[00:32:06] Do you want to?

[00:32:07] I'm putting a cork in there.

[00:32:08] Okay.

[00:32:08] I'm just putting a cork.

[00:32:09] The cork was already there.

[00:32:10] She put it in.

[00:32:11] Okay.

[00:32:12] For complete transparency, I have to go back to work in 10 minutes.

[00:32:17] Love it.

[00:32:17] Okay.

[00:32:18] We got this.

[00:32:18] Yeah.

[00:32:19] Oh, do we?

[00:32:19] Oh, we got this.

[00:32:20] Do you just want to make it two preview episodes?

[00:32:23] Sure.

[00:32:23] We can do two because we're, yeah.

[00:32:25] And then we'll put it on next Saturday and then we'll have something.

[00:32:27] Perfect.

[00:32:27] Yeah.

[00:32:27] And that's how we plan.

[00:32:28] Let's do, let's do, let's do two, two more movies.

[00:32:32] You remember earlier when you promised me that it was.

[00:32:34] Dan, I may have, may have made a mistake.

[00:32:38] Yeah.

[00:32:39] The tiny.

[00:32:39] I'm so sorry.

[00:32:40] No, no, no.

[00:32:41] I'm an hourly, I'm an hourly employee now and I only get an hour lunch break and I can't

[00:32:45] record in my office because I don't have an office at the only theater.

[00:32:49] Totally.

[00:32:50] I'm still wearing my badge right now.

[00:32:51] Wow.

[00:32:53] Yeah, you are.

[00:32:54] Ran out of work and I was like, I got to get to recording.

[00:32:58] Luckily it's right down the street, but still.

[00:33:00] All right.

[00:33:01] Do you want to hit, are we going to do two more?

[00:33:02] What do you want to do?

[00:33:03] Two more or one more?

[00:33:03] How many have we done?

[00:33:05] We can do two more.

[00:33:06] I think two more would get us about halfway.

[00:33:07] Two would get us halfway.

[00:33:09] We've done four.

[00:33:10] All right.

[00:33:10] Go.

[00:33:11] Quick.

[00:33:11] I got it.

[00:33:13] B.B.

[00:33:14] Wayans.

[00:33:15] We three kings.

[00:33:17] Oh, win-ins.

[00:33:18] Win-ins.

[00:33:18] Win-ins.

[00:33:19] Win-ins.

[00:33:20] Yes.

[00:33:20] Win-ins.

[00:33:21] Okay.

[00:33:22] B.B.

[00:33:22] Win-ins.

[00:33:23] B.B.

[00:33:24] It stars B.B.

[00:33:26] Win-ins.

[00:33:27] Win-ins.

[00:33:28] Yes.

[00:33:28] Deborah Joy Win-ins, who I know from General Hospital, Lisa Berry, Faith Wright, and Bethany

[00:33:34] Brown.

[00:33:35] In B.B.

[00:33:36] Win-ins, We Three Kings, B.B.

[00:33:38] plays Lincoln, a retired musician turned record store owner and a proud father of three King

[00:33:45] sisters.

[00:33:46] Oh, there it is.

[00:33:49] Lydia, Gracie, and Abigail.

[00:33:51] For the first time since their mother's death, the three estranged King sisters return home

[00:33:57] for the holidays.

[00:33:58] Lincoln hatches a plan with family friend Janelle to bring back his girls back together again

[00:34:09] for Christmas.

[00:34:10] Living under the same roof and hearing their father sing joyful Christmas melodies sparks

[00:34:16] old family memories.

[00:34:18] holiday love songs and mistletoe are found around every corner.

[00:34:22] And the sisters end up...

[00:34:24] There's mistletoe around every corner?

[00:34:26] We can't just walk past the corner.

[00:34:28] Oh, no.

[00:34:29] What the...

[00:34:30] Are you kidding me right now?

[00:34:32] They find love.

[00:34:33] This is what I want to happen this Christmas.

[00:34:35] Find love in the town they try so hard to leave behind.

[00:34:39] It isn't long before the sisters face the facts.

[00:34:42] Life's better when they're together.

[00:34:47] The more you know.

[00:34:49] You gotta face the facts.

[00:34:50] Life's better when we're together.

[00:34:52] Now, this isn't BB's first go at Lifetime, right?

[00:34:56] This has happened before, I believe.

[00:34:59] He did one with Ashanti, I think.

[00:35:01] Yes, I think that's right.

[00:35:02] And it was better than it needed to be.

[00:35:06] Like, way better.

[00:35:07] All right.

[00:35:07] This time, he's got mistletoe around every corner.

[00:35:11] Around every corner.

[00:35:12] Surprise mistletoe.

[00:35:13] I'll pour it up.

[00:35:14] I think that there's a high potential for some good music in this movie.

[00:35:19] And so, for that reason alone, give me some good gospel Christmas music.

[00:35:25] Give me BB.

[00:35:27] Grew up listening to BB and Cece Winans.

[00:35:30] For that reason only.

[00:35:32] A very tentative pouring up for me.

[00:35:34] Cece's still out there crushing it.

[00:35:36] Yeah.

[00:35:37] Cece's an asshole treasure.

[00:35:38] Cece Pazzini?

[00:35:39] Well, is that who it is?

[00:35:42] Cece's.

[00:35:42] Nah.

[00:35:43] You wouldn't get Cece Pazzini, Patrick.

[00:35:45] It's a mascot of a local pizza buffet.

[00:35:49] Yeah.

[00:35:49] Oh, I thought it was that girl that sings, la-da-dee, la-da-da, la-da-dee, la-da-da.

[00:35:54] Could be.

[00:35:54] No, have you ever heard of Cece's Pizza?

[00:35:57] I have, yes.

[00:35:58] They have an 1800s David Copperfield-style mascot named Cece Pazzini.

[00:36:02] And he's tiny.

[00:36:02] He wears a top hat.

[00:36:03] Oh, same Cece.

[00:36:04] He has, like, fingerless gloves.

[00:36:06] I don't know.

[00:36:07] Oh, I would love him.

[00:36:08] Yeah, you would love him.

[00:36:09] We have the same fashion.

[00:36:11] Yeah.

[00:36:12] Yeah, so I'm going to pour it up for this one.

[00:36:14] I like the sister aspect.

[00:36:15] I like the finding love in your hometown.

[00:36:18] Here, fingers crossed.

[00:36:19] Let's go.

[00:36:20] This year is my year.

[00:36:23] Yeah.

[00:36:23] Erin, what do you think?

[00:36:25] Yeah, I'm also going to pour it up.

[00:36:26] I'm excited to see what they meant with holiday love songs and mistletoe are found around every corner.

[00:36:33] And are those two things related?

[00:36:35] Yeah, I'm just excited.

[00:36:36] What do they mean by that?

[00:36:37] If there's not mistletoe, mistletoe has been, there's this beautiful card game called Christmas Movie Magic that I've been playing.

[00:36:44] Oh, this one?

[00:36:45] Yeah.

[00:36:46] I've heard of it.

[00:36:48] Mistletoe has been a tough one this year as well.

[00:36:50] Okay.

[00:36:51] So I would be really excited for there to actually be mistletoe around every corner.

[00:36:55] I could finally play that card, get those points.

[00:36:56] That would be great.

[00:36:57] Yeah.

[00:36:57] That would be great.

[00:36:58] What if there's no mistletoe in this movie?

[00:37:01] Right.

[00:37:01] It does seem like something around every corner.

[00:37:05] That felt like thrown in by AI.

[00:37:08] I've got to be honest with you.

[00:37:09] It does not sound like a human being wrote that.

[00:37:11] Yeah.

[00:37:12] These descriptions are very AI-generated.

[00:37:14] That's a horror movie.

[00:37:15] Is mistletoe around every corner?

[00:37:18] Well, first there's songs.

[00:37:19] Yeah.

[00:37:20] And then mistletoe around every corner.

[00:37:23] Don't ask.

[00:37:24] Okay.

[00:37:24] All right, one more.

[00:37:25] Last one.

[00:37:26] Here we go.

[00:37:26] Brand for the taking it home.

[00:37:29] That's right.

[00:37:30] Make or Bake Christmas.

[00:37:33] December 1st, 8 p.m.

[00:37:34] It's starring Vivica A. Fox, Jack Hay, Landon Moss, and Jasmine Avala.

[00:37:45] Hold on.

[00:37:46] Let me get in close to this one.

[00:37:49] Avala Liotis.

[00:37:52] Avala Liotis.

[00:37:52] Avala Liotis.

[00:37:53] How you say it?

[00:37:54] With Christmas fast approaching, Leslie, known for her expertise in all things domestic and top lifestyle brands,

[00:38:05] is looking to expand her.

[00:38:09] I got your resume here, and it says that your expertise is in all things domestic and top lifestyle brands.

[00:38:20] So, yeah, I would say for me personally, again, do I mainly expertise in the domestic?

[00:38:29] Sure.

[00:38:29] In domestic things, yes.

[00:38:30] Yeah, but also...

[00:38:31] What about the top lifestyle brands?

[00:38:32] Yes, that too.

[00:38:33] Thank you so much for asking.

[00:38:34] Is looking to expand her business.

[00:38:36] She sets her sights on the bakery Sugar Bakers.

[00:38:39] Sugar Bakers.

[00:38:40] Owned by Denise Sugarbaker.

[00:38:42] That's crazy.

[00:38:43] That's a crazy last day.

[00:38:45] There's no way.

[00:38:46] And run by her son, David.

[00:38:48] I assume David Sugarbaker.

[00:38:49] David Sugarbaker.

[00:38:49] I'm determined to make a deal before the end of the year, because I probably related somehow to Taylor and Travis's same deal.

[00:38:57] Yes, yeah.

[00:38:57] Leslie sends one of her top employees, Emma, to go undercover as a seasonal employee in order to convince them to sell.

[00:39:05] Emma unexpectedly finds herself falling in love with the quaint bakery with its Christmas spirit staff and especially David.

[00:39:12] David.

[00:39:13] David Sugarbaker.

[00:39:13] Tis the season to make or bake Christmas and discover everything sweet during the holidays, including love.

[00:39:22] Wow.

[00:39:23] Wow, wow, wow.

[00:39:24] This sounds atrocious.

[00:39:26] It sounds so bad.

[00:39:28] It's a bad synopsis for a bad movie, and I'm fine with Vivica A. Fox and Jack A.

[00:39:34] I think both of those ladies are really talented.

[00:39:37] I just don't want any part of this movie put a cork in it.

[00:39:43] We are doing this movie.

[00:39:46] Yes.

[00:39:47] I'm pouring it up.

[00:39:48] I think that there's something that could be quite lovely here.

[00:39:53] Is it the top?

[00:39:54] It's the cast.

[00:39:55] It's the Sugarbaker family.

[00:39:56] It is the domestic, but also why stop there?

[00:40:00] Let's go top lifestyle brands.

[00:40:01] Yes.

[00:40:01] All of that is playing in here.

[00:40:04] I'm going to pour it up.

[00:40:05] I think it could be something.

[00:40:06] I think it could.

[00:40:07] I think it could.

[00:40:08] Patrick?

[00:40:09] All right.

[00:40:09] Miss Vivica A. Fox left Lifetime last Christmas and did something for another streamer or something,

[00:40:16] and I was very upset, and I was like, what are you doing?

[00:40:19] So I'm glad she's back on Lifetime.

[00:40:21] I'm mad that she's not doing the wrong Christmas something, the wrong Christmas anything.

[00:40:26] The wrong Santa?

[00:40:27] You could have done the wrong Christmas sweater.

[00:40:29] The wrong Santa Claus if it was like a mall Santa situation?

[00:40:31] The wrong candy cane, the wrong sled.

[00:40:36] The wrong sled is my favorite so far.

[00:40:39] It's the wrong sled.

[00:40:40] Yeah.

[00:40:41] You messed with the wrong sled.

[00:40:44] I don't like Miss Vivica A. Fox being domesticated and baking in a kitchen.

[00:40:49] And she's an expert in all things domestic.

[00:40:51] Yeah.

[00:40:52] I don't like that.

[00:40:53] She's not Martha Stewart.

[00:40:55] She's Miss Vivica A. Fox.

[00:40:56] She tells people, you chose the wrong something, and that's what I need to see.

[00:41:00] You chose the wrong dreidel.

[00:41:02] Okay?

[00:41:03] Sounds like she may have picked the wrong movie.

[00:41:05] Am I right?

[00:41:06] Right.

[00:41:07] So, yes.

[00:41:08] I'm putting a cork in this, and I'm excited to watch it, and it will be a hate watch.

[00:41:12] I will be so mad.

[00:41:13] Wow.

[00:41:14] All right.

[00:41:14] A hate watch.

[00:41:15] Can't wait to talk about it with you.

[00:41:17] Erin, what are you thinking?

[00:41:18] Yeah.

[00:41:19] So, we're reading these synopses on LifetimeOnCork.com.

[00:41:22] That's right.

[00:41:22] Oh, yeah.

[00:41:23] And as Patrick so nicely pointed out, that he doesn't want to see Miss Vivica A. Fox domesticated.

[00:41:29] I want to see her taken down by guys in the wrong Christmas series.

[00:41:33] And the fact that he put that into my mind, that I could have had a Christmas thriller,

[00:41:38] where Vivica busts in at the end and is like, you chose the wrong bakery.

[00:41:42] I'm putting a cork in it.

[00:41:43] Yeah.

[00:41:44] That's good.

[00:41:44] That's wise.

[00:41:45] Wise.

[00:41:46] Well, that's it for this week.

[00:41:47] Good news is we're going to be back next Saturday.

[00:41:50] We're going to do the rest of these movies.

[00:41:52] I think that feels right.

[00:41:53] 12 would have been too full.

[00:41:54] It's already 40 minutes.

[00:41:57] We're going to be back then with that, and I think we'll also be back tomorrow, I believe,

[00:42:02] with another full week of Deck the Hallmark.

[00:42:05] Five gold rings.

[00:42:06] Five gold rings tomorrow.

[00:42:08] Spend your Sunday with us.

[00:42:09] Until then, men with the first, I wish you a Merry Christmas.

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